The Lebanon Uprising of 2019

Foreword - Lara Bitar

1. Framing the October Uprising in Lebanon: An Unfolding Revolutionary Situation - Jeffrey G. Karam and Rima Majed

Part 1 - Setting the Stage: Situating the Uprising within the Foundations of the Lebanese Polity, Regional Considerations, and Global Consequences

2. Reckoning with the Past: Selected Scenes from the Modern History of Lebanon - Sana Tannoury-Karam

3. Lebanon's Post-War Political Economy: From Reconstruction to Collapse - Mohamad Zbeeb

4. Wondering About the Social - Samer Frangie

5. Law in Times of Revolution:A Double-Edged Sword of Repression and Resistance - Lama Karame

6. Filthy Flows of Power: A Political Ecology of Disasters in Lebanon - Roland Riachi

7. 'Sectarian Neoliberalism' and the 2019 Uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq - Rima Majed

8. The Shadow Guardians of the Status-Quo: The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 and the International Politics of Counter-Revolution - Jeffrey G. Karam

Part 2 - Faces of the Revolutionary Uprising: Tactics, Repression, and Alternative Voices and Movements


9. How Urban Space Shapes Collective Action: The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 - Mona Harb

10. Alternative Media and Digital Platforms: Empowerment Tools for Civic Engagement - Claudia Kozman

11. Lebanon's Alternative Labor Movement: In Between Collapse and Revolutionary Imaginaries - Nadim El Kak

12. Appearing as Women - Sara Mourad

13. Clashing with the Patriarchy: The Promise of Potential as Politics -- Nay el Rahi

14. The Lebanese Uprising through the Eyes of Loyalists - Mortada Al-Amine

15. The Power and Limits of Blocking Roads: How the October Uprising Disrupted Lebanon - Nizar Hassan

16. The Different Faces of Counterrevolution and Obstacles for Change in Lebanon - Joseph Daher

17. The 'Lebanese' Uprising: Revisions from Refugees and Migrants - Mone Makkawi

18. Lebanese Diaspora, October 17 Uprising, and Political Transformation in Lebanon - Paul Tabar and Yara El-Zakka

Part 3 - Experiencing the Revolution (Thawra): Testimonies and Reflections from the Ground


19. The Cycle of Loss: Between Trial and Sabotage - Hani Adada

20. "A Nation for All": The Lebanon Uprising and Disability Rights in Lebanon - Grace Khawam

21. A Feminist Revolution Par Excellence - Myriam Sfeir

22. Student Activism and the October Uprising: We Felt Once More That Everything Is Anew - Samir Skayni

23. Road blocking, Mass Strike, and the Qantari Collective - Rawane Nassif

24. Night of the Banks: Uprising Against the Rule of Banks -- Mohammad Bzeih

25. The Struggle for the Bisri Valley - Roland Nassour

26. Reconstructing the Uprising in Tripoli: The Revolution that Never Left the Square - Tamim Abdo

27. The Mobilization in Baalbeck-Hermel: On the Incomplete Uprising of the First Days and the Dissidents that Carried on Despite Everything - Lamia Sahili

28. Experiencing the Uprising in the Chouf and Aley Region - Alaa Al Sayegh

29. Reflections from Two Revolutions: From the Ignition of the Tunisian Revolt to the Lebanon Uprising -- Olfa Saadaoui

30. From Syria to Lebanon: We Felt Again that Everything is New -- Saad Choeb

Afterword - Leyla Dakhli